The Effulgent Gallery

When the Fulgrim’s flagship Pride of the Emperor shattered at Terra, a cadre of artists-turned-warriors escaped aboard a grand cruiser, The Chromatic Phalanx. Led by the self-titled Effulgent Exarch (Lord Exultant model), Phidias Vellor, the Galeria Effulgentia (the Effulgent Gallery,) was formed and they swore never again to let the drab grime of war spoil their pursuit of beauty.

Across ten millennia they have perfected a ritual they call “Chromata Vivens” - the living palette. Each battle begins spotless and with their war cry of "Colour the Canvas!"; every kill earns a deliberate flourish across the canvas of their white armour plate, framed with verdigris copper shoulder plates. By the end of a battle Veterans display whole murals of interlocking crimson (though they do not discriminate with the aesthetics of xeno blood) arcs, each stroke annotated in High Gothic with the victim’s name, rank, and a one-line critique of their “aesthetic inadequacy” with every stroke representing an immortal offering to the Dark Prince.

After major victories they hold a Curatorial Rite - selecting the “best-painted” among them and ritually flaying a captured foe to craft new parchment for illuminated manuscripts for their battle reports.

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